Laurel Hill Farm
Laurel Hill Farm is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 372 m. Fisher Peak stands 1,088 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Slate Mountain, a peak 2.4 miles away. Hanging Rock Scenic Byway passes 4.5 miles off.
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the Hanging Rock Scenic Byway
- 5.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot Mountain Overlook · 6 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 11 mi
- Granite Quarry Overlook · 11 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Slate Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Long Branch Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Slate Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Groundhog Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Archies Knob: 6.7 mi
- Flat Rock Ruritan Park: 3.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 4.8 mi
- Riverside Park: 4.8 mi
- Riverside Park: 4.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 4.9 mi
- Reed Island Creek (private Nature Conservancy): 7.6 mi
- Stewarts Creek State Wildlife Management Area: 13.7 mi
- Crooked Creek: 15.8 mi
- Dan River Ford Preserve: 17.2 mi
- Dan River Bends Preserve: 17.4 mi
- Colonel Jack Martin Rock House: 15.3 mi
- RM Collins Memorial: 15.7 mi
- Vaughn-Woltz Order of the Arrow Campfire Arena Time Capsule: 17.4 mi
- Crouse's Chimney: 18.1 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 19.2 mi
- Gertrude Smith House: 4.9 mi
- William Alfred Moore House: 5.1 mi
- Mount Airy Museum of Regional History: 5.2 mi
- Thunder Road Museum: 9.5 mi
- Carroll County Historical Society and Museum: 17.2 mi
- Rider Falls: 15.3 mi
- Torys Falls: 18.0 mi
- Lower Cascades: 18.9 mi
- Tise falls: 19.6 mi
- Upper Casscades: 19.7 mi
- Wally's Service Station: 5.4 mi
- Jessup's Mill: 10.5 mi
- Carolina Ziplines Canopy Tour: 15.7 mi
- Blue Ridge Music Center: 16.4 mi
- Raven Knob Boy Scout Museum: 17.3 mi
- Three Bears: 15.9 mi
- Little Amphitheater: 15.9 mi
- Zeke's Peak: 18.5 mi
- Moores Wall: 18.9 mi
- Indian Face: 19.2 mi
- Carroll County Recreation Department Picnic Shelter: 17.5 mi
- Cumberland Knob Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Fishing Island Picnic Site: 21.4 mi
- Ivy Bluffs Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Virginia Rest Area: 10.4 mi
- Daylily Meadows: 15.8 mi
- Magnolia Springs: 19.6 mi
- Bob White Covered Bridge: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Laurel Hill Farm. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher Peak | W 269° | 1,088 m | 14.9 mi |
| Rich Mountain | W 274° | 1,075 m | 15.0 mi |
| Horse Knob | W 271° | 1,047 m | 14.7 mi |
| Beamer Knob | NW 306° | 1,032 m | 13.0 mi |
| Turnip Patch Ridge | NNE 26° | 1,015 m | 14.2 mi |
| Turkey Nest Knob | NNE 24° | 986 m | 14.0 mi |
| Mitchell Knob | NW 315° | 980 m | 10.3 mi |
| East Knob | NNE 20° | 978 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:06 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:31 | 17:11 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Airy 2 W, 7 mi away.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail3 obs
- Great Spangled Fritillary3 obs
- Red Salamander2 obs
- fan clubmoss2 obs
- Huron Skipper2 obs
- Northern Cardinal1 obs
- Scarlet Tanager1 obs
- Tufted Titmouse1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1355967304
Day trips start here
- Mount Airy · 5 mi
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